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On Fri, Nov 21, 2003 at 02:54:39AM -0800, Erik Swanson wrote: |
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> On Fri, 2003-11-21 at 02:33, donnie berkholz wrote: |
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> > I think we should accept all the licenses by default except the ones for |
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> > which the ACCEPT_LICENSE variable originally existed (the id games ones), |
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> > since users must be forced to read and agree to those. This would keep the |
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> > change seamless for the user unless said user wishes to change things. |
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> As a user, I'd prefer if only OSI-approved licenses were accepted by |
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> default. This also seems like it'd be most in keeping with the Gentoo |
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> Social Contract. |
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The social contract states that Gentoo Linux will never _depend_ on |
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nonfree software. However, we still provide it. If we moved over to a |
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Debian-esque "if you want nonfree software, you need to change settings" |
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it would irritate a decently large number of people. |
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(And before anyone accuses me of being an anti-FSF type, my license |
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plate is 'GNU') |
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Jon Portnoy |
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